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The French and Indian War

The French and Indian War

1754 - 1763  (8 years)


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  • Name French and Indian War 
    Started 28 May 1754  Pennsylvania, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Location:
    near present-day Hopwood and Uniontown
    Washington's Pennsylvania Map
    Washington's Pennsylvania Map
    Type War 
    Alternate Name Guerre de la Conquête
    Alternate Name the Seven Years' War
    31 Aug 1762  Havana, Cuba, Nueva España Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Isaac Staples died
    5 Sep 1762  Havana, Cuba, Nueva España Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Amos Staples died
    22 Sep 1762  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Corp. Silas Coy died
    17 Nov 1762  Acadie, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    David Morse died
    Pvt. John Pratt died
    Cause: Six soldiers drowned when their boat overturned while returning from shore.
    Location:
    Barrington's Bay, the east passage of Cape Sable Island
    • The other soldiers who drowned were Clement Crane,
      Benjamin Johnson Jr., Nathaniel Ramsdell and Pvt. Ignatius Cushing.
    Ended 10 Feb 1763  Paris, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: signed
    by the Treaty of Paris (1763)
    Person ID I46281  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2020 

    Family   
    Children 
     1. the Siege of Havana,   b. 6 Jun 1762, Havana, Cuba, Nueva España Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1762, Havana, Cuba, Nueva España Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 May 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsStarted - Location:
    near present-day Hopwood and Uniontown - 28 May 1754 - Pennsylvania, British America
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps - Isaac Staples died - 31 Aug 1762 - Havana, Cuba, Nueva España Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps - Amos Staples died - 5 Sep 1762 - Havana, Cuba, Nueva España Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps - David Morse died
    Pvt. John Pratt died,Cause: Six soldiers drowned when their boat overturned while returning from shore.,Location:
    Barrington's Bay, the east passage of Cape Sable Island - 17 Nov 1762 - Acadie, Nouvelle-France
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEnded - Cause: signed
    by the Treaty of Paris (1763) - 10 Feb 1763 - Paris, Île-de-France, France
    Link to Google Earth
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  • Maps
    The Colonized Americas
    The Colonized Americas

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S678] US CT Men in the French and Indian War, 2:300, 00678.

    2.  2.  [S858] Ricker Compilation, 3500, 00854.

    3.  3.  [S678] US CT Men in the French and Indian War, 2:319, 00678.

    4.  4.  [S709] Vital Records of CT Vol 45 (Barbour), 70, 00709.

    5.  5.  [S985] TCN, 40:355, 00937.

    6.  6.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 168:153, 00390.

    7.  7.  [S1289] US NH New Hampshire Gazette Abstracts, 1756-1769, 10 December 1762, p. 1, col. 3, 01131.

    8.  8.  [S1274] US Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, MA; Boston: Various Newspapers; Death (Outside Boston); Johnson-Zuriker; 271, 01116.



The French and Indian War Timeline

1754
3 Jul:  The French and Indian War: the French and Indians take Fort Necessity from a young George Washington.MtVernon SIMag
1758
27 Jul:  British and colonial forces defeat French and Canadian forces at the Battle of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia.BB CTHist
25 Nov:  Fort Duquesne is captured from the French, which will later become Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.F&IWS
1759
30 Sep:  Massachusetts men serving in the French and Indian War begin to talk of mutiny against their British commander.MassMoments
1763
10 Feb:  With the signing of the Treaty of Paris, France cedes Canada to Britain and ends the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War..PBS Marianapolis